Whilst wandering aimlessly around youtube I found that some kind soul has uploaded a Jeremy Clarkson documentary about the Commando raid on St Nazaire. Awesome stuff, I think I read about it in one of my uncles' old Battle annuals rather a long time ago. Anyway, thought it might be of interest.

Happy to be of service. Having watched it I've just ordered the autobiography of one of the men interviewed in the programme, Micky Burn ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micky_Burn ) who seems to have led a pretty eventful life.

Having dug around a bit on the St Nazaire association website linked to earlier in this thread both he and Bill Watson, one of the other interviewees, won the MC during the raid, just two of the 65 men who were awarded gallantry medals for their actions that night, I think that works out as over 10% of the men involved. Brave doesn't quite seem to be an adequate description.

Best be viewed quick before the beeb get it pulled like their Life on Mars stuff was pulled.

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Aye, I was gutted when they pulled the Camberwick Green trailer. "Dear BBC, seen as we (the public) are forced to pay for your little operation, why are you deleting (what amounts to) public property from the public domain... you cnuts!"